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Fifth Freedom, 1982-12-01

Fifth Freedom, 1982-12-01

THE FIFTH FREEDOM A PUBLICATION FOR THE BUFFALO GAY COMMUNITY Vol 12, No. 12 December 1982 THE LAST WORD? What you hold in your hands could well be a collector's item in Buffalo's Gay history — the last and final edition of the FIFTH FREEDOM. In the last few weeks a series of circumstances brought the Mattachine Society of the Niagara Frontier Inc. to the brink of bankruptcy. At our December 5 meeting, the membership was asked to seriously consider authorizing the legal steps to dissolve our non-profit corporation. That would have meant the end of the FIFTH FREEDOM, and the permanent shut-down of the Gay Hotline counselling service. The problem we faced was one of the outstanding debts totaling over $2,000; insufficient funds to print the paper; and worst of ail-not enough people to take on the time consuming tasks necessary to produce a newspaper. At the very last second, as we stared into the abyss of oblivion, several of our newer members vowed that they would not let it happen. They decided to grab hold of the situation-and do something, anything, to keep Mattachine and its services to the Gay community alive. They went out to recruit new, enthusiastic people -men and women- to contribute thier efforts to the paper. They went to asvertasers-and they begged them to "keep the faith" and support us just one more time. The result is this scaled-down "economy edition" of the FIFTH FREEDOM. It contains all the vital information our December issue would have had-plus a listing of our advertisers and the special events planned for (continued on back page)i

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THE FIFTH FREEDOM A PUBLICATION FOR THE BUFFALO GAY COMMUNITY Vol 12, No. 12 December 1982 THE LAST WORD? What you hold in your hands could well be a collector's item in Buffalo's Gay history — the last and final edition of the FIFTH FREEDOM. In the last few weeks a series of circumstances brought the Mattachine Society of the Niagara Frontier Inc. to the brink of bankruptcy. At our December 5 meeting, the membership was asked to seriously consider authorizing the legal steps to dissolve our non-profit corporation. That would have meant the end of the FIFTH FREEDOM, and the permanent shut-down of the Gay Hotline counselling service. The problem we faced was one of the outstanding debts totaling over $2,000; insufficient funds to print the paper; and worst of ail-not enough people to take on the time consuming tasks necessary to produce a newspaper. At the very last second, as we stared into the abyss of oblivion, several of our newer members vowed that they would not let it happen. They decided to grab hold of the situation-and do something, anything, to keep Mattachine and its services to the Gay community alive. They went out to recruit new, enthusiastic people -men and women- to contribute thier efforts to the paper. They went to asvertasers-and they begged them to "keep the faith" and support us just one more time. The result is this scaled-down "economy edition" of the FIFTH FREEDOM. It contains all the vital information our December issue would have had-plus a listing of our advertisers and the special events planned for (continued on back page)i